DESIGNED FOR

HSE Professionals, Engineers, Supervisors and Project managers requiring a basic foundation in developing and managing process safety.
The more detailed aspects of engineering process design are covered in a separate course.

YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO

• Identify processes applicable to Process Safety Management (PSM) and describe relevant terms used.

• Identify which standards are to be applied for managing process hazards

• Apply programs and tools for managing a PSM system

• Choose appropriate decision making methods and tools to identify process hazards

• Describe and use techniques available for control of hazards associated with process designs

• Describe the criteria and methods of selecting equipment and safe guarding controls.

• State how to research and apply the performance parameters for the safety systems in operations.

• Explain the role of all disciplines and their contribution to the management of potential HSE hazards.

• Describe how to apply the appropriate key requirements of national and international engineering codes and best practices to Process / Technical Safety in own operations.

• State how to effectively utilize Process/Technical Safety problem-solving

ABOUT THE COURSE

This course introduces the concepts of process safety management in the oil and gas industry, the elements and benefits of process safety management systems, and tools for implementing and managing a system. Process safety is vital to the oil and gas industry. A comprehensive process safety management system involves almost every function of a company: management, research, development, and engineering; facility and process construction; operations; maintenance; human resources, information technology and the contractors used in the industry. In this course the participant will learn to use tools and techniques for managing process safety.

The Center for Chemical Process Safety’s (CCPS) newly published book titled “Guidelines for Risk Based Process Safety” or “RBPS Guidelines” will be the text for this course. Participant centered exercises and selected case studies will be used to build on the concepts that CCPS advocates for risk based process safety. These are commitment to process safety, understand hazards and risk, manage risk, and learn from experience. Building upon the original process safety management ideas published in the early 1990s, this new framework for thinking about process safety integrates industry lessons learned over the intervening years, utilizes applicable "total quality" principles (i.e., plan, do, check, act), and organizes it in a way that will be useful to all organizations. Throughout the course, participants will be challenged to think how their process safety management system can be enhanced and modified to meet the concepts of risk-based decision making. An individual action plan will be developed to provide guidance in applying the learnings of the course to the workplace.

COURSE CONTENT

• Process safety culture

• Compliance with standards

• Process safety competency

• Understand hazards and risk

• Operating procedures and safe work practices

• Asset integrity and reliability

• Management of change

• Conduct of operations

• Incident investigation (associated with plant failures)

• Measurement and metrics

• Management review and continuous improvement